Years ago at Golf Magazine, I had the brilliant idea of asking readers for their favorite (clean) golf jokes. I thought that with 1.4 million readers someone would have a joke I hadn’t heard (“Hit the ball, drag Harry”; “No, he thinks he’s Jack Nicklaus”; “That’s my wife’s funeral driving by”), but I was wrong. In fact, I don’t remember if we were ever able to find a “best” golf joke after months of reading through piles of redundant submissions. Probably not.

But through the miracle of the internet—which means I don’t have to actually “read” what gets posted here—I’m going to take one for the team and allow you all to submit your favorite golf jokes below. They don’t have to be “clean,” but please, this is a gentleman’s game so let’s not make them too risque. If you need a rule, no jokes that you wouldn’t tell in your regular foursome. (I know, that could mean anything!)

No prizes for the winners, other than self-satisfaction. And also please use this as an excuse to forward my blog to your friends, or others, who care to share a good joke.

As a starter, here’s one I’d actually never heard (which may indicate a certain lack of education on my part), and really not a “golf joke” at all, but one of those funny things we all hear on the course. Those are good, too. Thanks to my old friend Rick for this one:

A fellow topped his ball off the par-three tee, but miraculously the ball skipped and bounced its way onto the green. Observing this development, the man’s alert caddy commented, “That’s a sister-in-law shot.” When queried as to the origin of the sister-in-law shot, the caddy responded, “You’re on it, but you know you shouldn’t be.”

Let the games begin!